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–noun

1.	a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line: a row of apple trees.

2.	a line of persons or things so arranged: The petitioners waited in a row.

3.	a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theater: seats in the third row of the balcony.

4.	a street formed by two continuous lines of buildings.

5.	Music. tone row.

6.	Checkers. one of the horizontal lines of squares on a checkerboard; rank.

–verb (used with object)

7.	to put in a row (often fol. by up).

—Idiom

8.	hard or long row to hoe, a difficult task or set of circumstances to confront: At 32 and with two children, she found attending medical school a hard row to hoe.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME row(e); cf. OE rǣw

]

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–verb (used without object)

1.	to propel a vessel by the leverage of an oar or the like.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to propel (a vessel) by the leverage of an oar or the like.

3.	to convey in a boat that is rowed.

4.	to convey or propel (something) in a manner suggestive of rowing.

5.	to require, use, or be equipped with (a number of oars): The captain's barge rowed twenty oars.

6.	to use (oarsmen) for rowing.

7.	to perform or participate in by rowing: to row a race.

8.	to row against in a race: Oxford rows Cambridge.

–noun

9.	an act, instance, or period of rowing: It was a long row to the far bank.

10.	an excursion in a rowboat: to go for a row.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME rowen, OE rōwan; c. ON rōa; akin to L rémus oar (see remus). Cf. rudder

]

—Related forms

row·a·ble, adjective

rower, noun

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–noun

1.	a noisy dispute or quarrel; commotion.

2.	noise or clamor.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to quarrel noisily.

–verb (used with object)

4.	Chiefly British. to upbraid severely; scold.

[Origin: 1740–50; orig. uncert.

]

—Synonyms 1. spat, tiff, scrap, scrape, set-to.

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n.

A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.
A succession without a break or gap in time: won the title for three years in a row.
A line of adjacent seats, as in a theater, auditorium, or classroom.
A continuous line of buildings along a street.

tr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows
To place in a row.

[Middle English, from Old English rāw.]

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v.   rowed, row·ing, rows

v.   intr. Nautical
To propel a boat with or as if with oars.

v.   tr.

Nautical
1. To propel (a boat) with or as if with oars.
2. To carry in or on a boat propelled by oars.
3. To use (a specified number of oars or people deploying them).
4. To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.
5. To race against by rowing.
To propel or convey in a manner resembling rowing of a boat.
Sports
1. To pull (an oar) as part of a racing crew.
2. To race against by rowing.

n. Nautical

1. The act or an instance of rowing.
2. A shift at the oars of a boat.
A trip or an excursion in a rowboat.

[Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwan; see erə- in Indo-European roots.]

row'er n.

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n.

A boisterous disturbance or quarrel; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl.
An uproar; a great noise.

intr.v. rowed, row·ing, rows
To take part in a quarrel, brawl, or uproar.

[Origin unknown.]

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row (1)

"line of people or things," O.E. ræw "a row, line," from P.Gmc. *rai(h)waz (cf. M.Du. rie, Du. rij "row;" O.H.G. rihan "to thread," riga "line;" Ger. Reihe "row, line, series;" O.N. rega "string"), possibly from PIE base *rei- "to scratch, tear, cut" (cf. Skt. rikhati "scratches," rekha "line"). Meaning "a number of houses in a line" is attested from 1450, originally chiefly Scottish and northern English. Row-house is first recorded 1936, Amer.Eng. Phrase a hard row to hoe first attested 1835, in writing of Davy Crockett.

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row (2)

"propel with oars," O.E. rowan (class VII strong verb; past tense reow, pp. rowen), from P.Gmc. *ro- (cf. O.N. roa, Du. roeien, W.Fris. roeije, M.H.G. rüejen), from PIE base *ere- "to row" (cf. Skt. aritrah "oar;" Gk. eressein "to row," eretmon "oar," trieres "trireme;" L. remus "oar;" Lith. iriu "to row," irklas "oar;" O.Ir. rome "oar," O.E. roðor "rudder"). First record of rowboat is from 1538 (cf. Du. roeiboot).

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row (3)

"noisy commotion," 1746, Cambridge University slang, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to rousel "drinking bout" (1602), a shortened form of carousal. Klein suggests a back-formation from rouse (n.), mistaken as a plural (cf. pea from pease).

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row
noun
1.	an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; "a row of chairs"
2.	an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" [syn: quarrel]
3.	a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); "a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches"
4.	(construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" [syn: course]
5.	a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
6.	a continuous chronological succession without an interruption; "they won the championship three years in a row"
7.	the act of rowing as a sport [syn: rowing]
verb
1.	propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake"

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row

see get one's ducks in a row; kick up a fuss (row); skid row; tough row to hoe.

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row [rəu] noun

a line
Example: two rows of houses; They were sitting in a row; They sat in the front row in the theatre.

Arabic:	صَف
Chinese (Simplified):	（一）排
Chinese (Traditional):	(一)排
Czech:	řada
Danish:	række
Dutch:	rij
Estonian:	rida
Finnish:	rivi
French:	rang(ée)
German:	die Reihe
Greek:	σειρά, στοίχος
Hungarian:	sor
Icelandic:	röð
Indonesian:	deretan
Japanese:	列

Korean:	줄, 열
Latvian:	rinda
Lithuanian:	eilė
Norwegian:	rekke, rad
Polish:	rząd
Portuguese (Brazil):	fila, fileira
Portuguese (Portugal):	fila
Romanian:	rând, şir
Russian:	ряд
Slovak:	rad
Slovenian:	vrsta
Spanish:	hilera, fila
Swedish:	rad
Turkish:	sıra, dizi

row1 [rəu] verb

to move (a boat) through the water using oars
Example: He rowed (the dinghy) up the river.

Arabic:	يُجَذِّف
Chinese (Simplified):	划渡
Chinese (Traditional):	劃渡
Czech:	veslovat
Danish:	ro
Dutch:	roeien
Estonian:	aerutama
Finnish:	soutaa
French:	ramer
German:	rudern
Greek:	κωπηλατώ, τραβώ κουπί
Hungarian:	evez
Icelandic:	róa
Indonesian:	mendayung
Japanese:	こぐ

Korean:	배를 젓다
Latvian:	airēt; airēties
Lithuanian:	irkluoti, irti(s)
Norwegian:	ro
Polish:	wiosłować
Portuguese (Brazil):	remar
Portuguese (Portugal):	remar
Romanian:	a vâsli
Russian:	грести
Slovak:	veslovať
Slovenian:	veslati
Spanish:	remar
Swedish:	ro
Turkish:	kürek çekmek

row2 [rəu] verb

to transport by rowing
Example: He rowed them across the lake.

Arabic:	يَنْقُل بالتَّجْذيف
Chinese (Simplified):	划运
Chinese (Traditional):	劃運
Czech:	převážet veslicí
Danish:	ro
Dutch:	roeien
Estonian:	sõudma
Finnish:	soutaa
French:	faire traverser en canot
German:	rudern
Greek:	μεταφέρω με βάρκα
Hungarian:	evez
Icelandic:	flytja, *ferja í árabát
Indonesian:	mendayungkan, menyebrangkan

Japanese:	こいで運ぶ
Korean:	배를 저어서 …을 나르다
Latvian:	pārvadāt laivā
Lithuanian:	perkelti valtimi
Norwegian:	ro
Polish:	przewieźć łodzią, przeprawić
Portuguese (Brazil):	transportar em barco a remo
Portuguese (Portugal):	levar a remo
Romanian:	a trece
Russian:	перевозить в лодке
Slovak:	prevážať (na člne)
Slovenian:	peljati v čolnu
Swedish:	ro
Turkish:	kürek çekerek taşımak

row [rəu] noun

a trip in a rowing-boat
Example: They went for a row on the river.

Arabic:	رِحْلَة تَجْذيف
Chinese (Simplified):	划船游览
Chinese (Traditional):	劃船遊覽
Czech:	projížďka člunem
Danish:	rotur
Dutch:	roeitocht
Estonian:	paadimatk
French:	promenade en canot
German:	die Ruderpartie
Greek:	βαρκάδα
Hungarian:	evezés
Icelandic:	bátsferð (í árabát)
Indonesian:	olahraga mendayung
Japanese:	ボート遊び

Korean:	뱃놀이
Latvian:	brauciens ar laivu
Lithuanian:	pasiirstymas
Norwegian:	rotur
Polish:	przejażdżka (łodzią)
Portuguese (Brazil):	passeio de barco a remo
Portuguese (Portugal):	passeio
Romanian:	plimbare cu barca (cu vâsle)
Russian:	прогулка на лодке
Slovak:	výlet na člne
Slovenian:	veslanje
Swedish:	roddtur
Turkish:	sandal gezisi

row1 [rau] noun

a noisy quarrel
Example: They had a terrible row; a family row

Arabic:	شِجار، خِصام
Chinese (Simplified):	吵嚷
Chinese (Traditional):	吵嚷
Czech:	hádka, kravál
Danish:	skænderi
Dutch:	ruzie
Estonian:	tüli
Finnish:	riita
French:	dispute
German:	der Krach
Greek:	καβγάς
Hungarian:	veszekedés
Icelandic:	hávaðarifrildi
Indonesian:	pertengkaran

Japanese:	けんか
Latvian:	tracis; skandāls
Lithuanian:	skandalas, vaidas
Norwegian:	krangel, husbråk
Polish:	awantura
Portuguese (Brazil):	briga
Portuguese (Portugal):	briga
Romanian:	ceartă, scandal
Russian:	ссора
Slovak:	hádka
Slovenian:	prepir
Swedish:	gräl, bråk
Turkish:	tartışma, atışma

row2 [rau] noun

a continuous loud noise
Example: They heard a row in the street.

Arabic:	عِراك شَوارِع
Chinese (Simplified):	争吵
Chinese (Traditional):	爭吵
Czech:	lomoz
Danish:	spektakel
Dutch:	kabaal
Estonian:	kära
Finnish:	meteli
French:	vacarme
German:	der Krach
Greek:	σαματάς
Hungarian:	lárma
Icelandic:	gauragangur
Indonesian:	keributan

Japanese:	騒がしさ
Latvian:	troksnis; tracis
Lithuanian:	triukšmas
Norwegian:	bråk, brudulje, spetakkel
Polish:	zgiełk
Portuguese (Brazil):	barulheira
Portuguese (Portugal):	barulho
Romanian:	tărăboi, zarvă
Russian:	шум
Slovak:	lomoz
Slovenian:	vpitje, kraval
Swedish:	oväsen, bråk
Turkish:	gürültü, patırtı

See also: rower, rowing-boat, row-boat

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Park Row, TX Zip code(s): 77449, 77450, 77493, 77494

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A*rew"\ adv. [See Arow, Row.] In a row. [Obs.] "All her teeth arew." --Spenser.

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Rew\, n. [See Row a series.] A row. [Obs.] --Chaucer. "A rew of sundry colored stones." --Chapman.

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Rouse\ (rouz), n. [Cf. D. roes drunkeness, icel. r?ss, Sw. rus, G. rauchen, and also E. rouse, v.t., rush, v.i. Cf. Row a disturbance.]

1. A bumper in honor of a toast or health. [Obs.] --Shak.

2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.

Fill the cup, and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn. --Tennyson.

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Row

Row\, a. & adv. [See Rough.] Rough; stern; angry. [Obs.] "Lock he never so row." --Chaucer.

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Row

Row\, n. [Abbrev. fr. rouse, n.] A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl. [Colloq.] --Byron.

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Row\, n. [OE. rowe, rawe, rewe, AS. r[=a]w, r?w; probably akin to D. rij, G. reihe; cf. Skr. r?kh[=a] a line, stroke.] A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.

And there were windows in three rows. --1 Kings vii. 4.

The bright seraphim in burning row. --Milton.

Row culture (Agric.), the practice of cultivating crops in drills.

Row of points (Geom.), the points on a line, infinite in number, as the points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a line.

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